Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, will be celebrated in Bangladesh on Thursday as the new moon was not sighted from anywhere in the country on Tuesday.
Religious affairs minister Md Faridul Haque Khan made the announcement at a press conference at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital Tuesday evening.
He briefed the journalists after a meeting of the National Moon-Sighting Committee held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the evening.
Following this, the Ramadan will be a 30-day month on the Arabic calendar this time.
The government employees have got three-day for Eid vacation from April 10 to April 12 as public holidays.
This year, the three-day public holiday will be followed by a weekly holiday on April 13 (Saturday) and a public holiday on April 14 (Pahela Boishakh).
Five Eid congregations will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr, an Islamic Foundation press release said earlier.
According to the release, the first Eid jamaat will be held at 7:00am, second one will take place at 8:00am, while the third one at 9:00am and the fourth one at 10:00am. The last Eid jamaat will be held at 10:45am.
Tens of thousands of people have already left Dhaka city to celebrate the festival with their dear and near ones at their village homes.
The crescent moon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia on Monday evening and the Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday, according to a Saudi Arabia news portal Haramain.
The main Eid jamaat at the capital’s National Eidgah will be held at 8:30am on the Eid-day, according to a press release of the Dhaka South City Corporation issued on Monday.
DSCC public relations officer Abu Nasher said that it had taken all necessary preparations for holding the main jamaat of Eid-ul-Fitr at the National Eidgah.
